Question

If there was 10 pine trees & 2 ash trees how many more pine trees were there? Answer is 8 but need to know how to show the work??

Answer 1

The number of pine tress more than the number of ash trees is 8 .

Explanation:

Given as

The number of pine trees = 10

The number of ash trees = 2

Let The number of pine tree more than that of ash tress = x

So, The number of ash trees + x = 10

Or, 2 + x = 10

I.e x = 10 - 2

∴ x = 8

So, The pine trees is 8 more than the ash trees

Hence The number of pine tress more than the number of ash trees is 8 . Answer